Assess the Chinese experience in the West during the second half of the nineteenth century. Given the strong discrimination, why did so many remain in the United States and how did they manage to support themselves?
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As Greek society emerged from the Dark Age, Greek religion included all the following EXCEPT
a. Olympian gods, already present in Homeric epics, led by Zeus. b. the cult of Dionysus which featured ecstatic dancing and frenzied prayer to the god of wine and agricultural fertility. c. the Eleusinian cult with its denial of life after death and focus on an earthly life of moderation. d. the Orphic cult and its doctrine that the soul is imprisoned in the body as punishment for an unknown fault. e. belief in local gods and rituals special to each city.
How did the economic strength of the Byzantine Empire allow it to survive for centuries, in spite of internal problems?
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Which set of practices carried out by devout Muslims in West Africa set their society apart from patterns established in the greater Islamic world?
a. Ongoing practice of ancestor worship b. Preference of the spoken over the written word in religious and state affairs c. Fewer restrictions on female dress codes d. Substitution of Timbuktu for Mecca and Medina as a pilgrimage destination e. A tendency to spread Islam through military conquest as opposed to trade
In 1491, Nzinga a Nkuwu, king of Kongo, took what unusual step for a West African ruler?
a. He abolished slavery throughout his realm. b. He voluntarily converted to Catholicism. c. He seized a Portuguese ambassador and sold him into slavery. d. He ceded his throne to a Portuguese adventurer, who ruled the kingdom under the name Joao I.